Lewisohn, Edna, 1908-

Edna Manley Lewisohn was author Ludwig Lewisohn's second wife. They met in 1939, when she was working as a journalist, and were married from 1940-1943; she had become enamored of him through reading his books while convalescing with tuberculosis. They co-authored Haven, an account of their custody battle for Lewisohn's son from a previous relationship, and she inspired some of his other works from this period, as well as writing novels and plays of her own.

From the description of Edna Manley Lewisohn postal card to Charles A. Cowen, 1943 February 22. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 310115014